TheBreakdown
Full time20 August 1983
Australia
8–18
New Zealand
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1983Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –TAustralia try · Andy Slack4–0
  2. –TAustralia try · Simon Poidevin8–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson8–2
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson8–5
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson8–8
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson8–11
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson8–14
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Warwick Taylor8–18

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1John MeadowsProp
  2. 2Bill RossHooker
  3. 3Stan PileckiProp
  4. 4David HillhouseSecond row
  5. 5Steve WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Chris RocheFlanker
  7. 7Simon PoidevinFlanker
  8. 8Duncan HallNumber 8
  9. 9Tony ParkerScrum-half
  10. 10Mark EllaFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Mike HawkerCentre
  13. 13Andy SlackCentre
  14. 14Peter GriggWing
  15. 15David CampeseFull-back
  16. 16Bruce MaloufBench
  17. 17Declan CurranBench
  18. 18Peter LucasBench
  19. 19Dominic VaughanBench
  20. 20Michael LynaghBench
  21. 21Ross HanleyBench

New Zealand

  1. 1John AshworthProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Graeme HigginsonSecond row
  5. 5Andy HadenSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Jock HobbsFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Ian DunnFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Steve PokereCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Alan HewsonFull-back
  16. 16Robbie DeansBench
  17. 17Arthur StoneBench
  18. 18Andy DonaldBench
  19. 19Geoff OldBench
  20. 20Kevin BoroevichBench
  21. 21Hika ReidBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 51–147 New Zealand, 8 drawn in 206 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
New Zealand going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.